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Babble.com | Mominations | Rita Solnet

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Rita volunteered her time and talents over 15 yrs to the Palm Beach County School District in leadership roles. She's testified on behalf of parents and teachers locally and statewide. She accomplished this despite working full time for IBM and being widowed at an early age. Although her youngest is in college, she's more involved than ever. Rita was instrumental in organizing the Save Our Schools Rally July 30 in DC and assists in maintaining several Education related sites. Recently named one of FL's Top Political Tweeters, Rita continuously communicates the need for education reform. She organizes town halls w/US Congressmen, brings in authors to raise awareness, frequently speaks at meetings around the state, writes articles for Huffington Post and the Washington Post and serves as a lifeline of information for all parents. She recently co founded a dynamic organization, Parents Across America, which has grown to 26 states Rita is selflessly making a difference for all our nation's children. I'm proud to know her. She is selflessly dedicated to putting public education back on track in our nation and is most deserving of this honor. Another link is here: http://youtu.be/vNLtKgrAE1M and here: http://youtu.be/B-CyiGj-ahI and here: http://youtu.be/acZKIz4f9II

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Representative Toni Berrios. Ripe for picking. « Fred Klonsky's blog Representative Toni Berrios. Ripe for picking. « Fred Klonsky's blog: Representative Toni Berrios. Ripe for picking. by Fred Klonsky *Green Party candidate Jeremy Karpen got a surprising 34% against the Machine last time.* I live in the 39th ...

Friday Afternoon Maps: New Orleans, Race & School Locations « School Finance 101 Friday Afternoon Maps: New Orleans, Race & School Locations « School Finance 101: Friday Afternoon Maps: New Orleans, Race & School Locations by schoolfinance101 A few weeks back, I noticed several tweets about this recent article in Harvard Education ...

The Status Quo Is Always Changing | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice The Status Quo Is Always Changing | Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: The Status Quo Is Always Changing by larrycuban Sorting out the hype of reform rhetoric from the substance is a fulltime job. No one has yet applied for the post. ...


Support continues to pour in backing American Jobs Act Senator Robert Menendez Backs American Jobs Act by The White House Release Time: For Immediate Release September 8, 2011 WASHINGTON– US Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s joint address to ...

Schools Matter: How to come up with $60 billion (or more) for education Schools Matter: How to come up with $60 billion (or more) for education: How to come up with $60 billion (or more) for education by skrashen Posted on: ...

THE RICH GET RICHER « Teachers Fight Back THE RICH GET RICHER « Teachers Fight Back: THE RICH GET RICHER by alkleen Good news ! I finally found a school district that is giving its teachers a raise! Bad news ! It’s the only one I can find and it’s one that always gets a raise no matter what. ...


Chicago Teachers Union files complaint to block schools from lengthening day - chicagotribune.com Chicago Teachers Union files complaint to block schools from lengthening day - chicagotribune.com: Chicago Teachers Union files complaint to block schools from lengthening day - [image: Email] - [image: print] - Comments 3 - - ...

An Open Letter to National Conservative Groups from Wisconsin’s Liberal Bloggers | An Open Letter to National Conservative Groups from Wisconsin’s Liberal Bloggers |: An Open Letter to National Conservative Groups from Wisconsin’s Liberal Bloggers by bluecheddar Note: For backstory: Conservative Wisconsin Bloggers Ask Outside ...

SRCL Meeting Agenda, September 22, 2011 - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education) SRCL Meeting Agenda, September 22, 2011 - State Board of Education (CA Dept of Education): Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy (SRCL) Team Meeting Agenda *September 22, 2011, 10:00 a.m.* *California Department of Education 1430 N Street, Suite ...

Opinion | Time for new strategies to create a sustainable vision for American education | Seattle Times Newspaper Opinion | Time for new strategies to create a sustainable vision for American education | Seattle Times Newspaper: Time for new strategies to create a sustainable vision for American education Enough debating No Child Left Behind and charter schools, ...
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SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Value Added Dating Goes With Standardized Testing

SOUTH BRONX SCHOOL: Value Added Dating Goes With Standardized Testing:

Value Added Dating Goes With Standardized Testing

by noreply@blogger.com (Bronx Teacher)
Back in my single days, long before I met my wife, I had many rules on dating. Not all were hard and true, most were guidelines, but there were some rules that I felt that were non negotiable.

One of these rules that I always adhered to was concerning the first date. The first date, if dinner was involved, never at any time was to take place at a pricey, high falutin' restaurant. Nothing more than, well I am going back to the early 90's, $40. And even at that price, it was expensive.

Now mind you, I did not do this because I was cheap, but rather it was all about expectations. If I took my date to some expensive, fancy place, what would happen if on the next date we went to the Ground Round? You see, you would start as near the bottom
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Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Death, Taxes, and the Poison Pen

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Death, Taxes, and the Poison Pen:

Death, Taxes, and the Poison Pen

by coolcatteacher@gmail.com (Victoria A Davis, Cool Cat Teacher)
Don't write when you're tired. Don't write when you're upset. Don't write when you'll regret what you said later.

I'm all of those things.

  • September 11th makes us all sad.
  • Business taxes are due Thursday and the headache is unbelievable this year w/ Flat Classroom, Cool Cat Teacher and my old hosting business.
  • The Flat Classroom book is so close and in final copy editing mode but a last minute glitch with some
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Merrill Middle School community fights collocation – you can help | DeFENSE

Merrill Middle School community fights collocation – you can help | DeFENSE:

Merrill Middle School community fights collocation – you can help

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From concerned parents and community at Merrill Middle School:

Merrill Middle School

Merrill is in jeopardy of losing valuable space for our middle school students. Through the joint efforts of a group of Cory and Merrill parents, a master plan, which will soon be presented, is in the works for an incredible neighborhood community-oriented middle school right on our campus. Having C3 move into the building and take away our computer labs, gym space, art space, outdoor space, etc., we will no longer have the opportunity to use our middle school building for its intended purpose, and we will not have the chance to implement our

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That's Really All He's Got :: Frederick M. Hess

frederickhess.org - by Frederick M. Hess • Sep 9, 2011 at 8:15 amCross-posted from Education Weekhttp://www.frederickhess.org/2011/09/that-really-all-he-gotWhen I heard the makeup of the President's double-secret, a...

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Daily Kos: Michigan Legislature Goes Berserk

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